you're watching bbc news at 9 with me annita mcveigh — the headlines. the government says it's intensifying talks with the eu to try and find a new brexit agreement. an emergency injunction to stop the suspension of parliament — scotland's highest civil court will rule this morning. the increased risk of breast cancer from menopausal hormone therapy lasts more than a decade after treatment stops, a major report says. we don't want to alarm women but we don't want to give them false reassurance about the risks associated with hrt. two prominent pro—democracy campaigners are arrested in hong kong, as police ban a planned weekend protest.

what impact would a no—deal brexit have on the pensioners living here in spain? many feel abandoned by the british government. more later. good morning — and welcome to the bbc news at 9. the government says it is intensifying negotiations with the eu to try to find a new brexit agreement, as the uk prepares to leave in two months‘ time, with or without a deal. government negotiators will meet their counterparts in brussels twice a week in september, in a bid to break the deadlock ahead of a crucial summit in october. meanwhile the court of session — scotland's highest civil court — will rule this morning on whether to grant an emergency injunction, to prevent the suspension of parliament. a similar legal challenge

is beginning in front and protests are being planned across the country this weekend, as cross—party efforts to block a no—deal brexit also intensify before parliament resumes on tuesday. let's get more on all of this with our political correspondent, jonathan blake, who's in westminsterfor us. morning to you jonathan. so, more meetings between uk and eu officials from next week, so there is a process but can there be progress, given that number ten says the two sides remain some diss tans apart on key issues? that is the reality check, although there is a willingness on the uk and the eu side to talk, and talk more regularly, just how much progress the talks are going to make isn't clear. as you say, the two sides are a significant distance apart on that crucial issue of the northern ireland backstop, which is there to

prevent a hard border between the republic of ireland and northern ireland, which will be the border between the uk and the eu, if in the future a trade deal can't be done, but the prime minister, boris johnson says he has been encouraged by his recent meetings with emmanuel macron and angela merkel and it is some time, as he says to up the tempo so there will be twice weekly meetings between officials in brussels as the two sides try to begin to find some common ground. at this late stage in the process, that could potentially lay the ground for a new deal to be done, and a formal agreement to be made, at the eu summit, which is scheduled for mid—october. but there is no sense that there is any breakthrough expected before then, and that these talks are at something of a tentative level at this stage. a downing street source described it as not wanting to go on to the pitch for the start of a football match and be shown the red card, as soon

as play begins, so, it is very much at the ground work stage, and taking advantage the uk side at least hopes of what they see of something of a retorical shift in the way the eu and eu leaders have been talking, not simply saying no, we can't do any deals here, it is this, take it oi’ any deals here, it is this, take it or leave it, but maybe there is room for common ground, but a long way as i say from any agreement being reached. 50 what is happening then with cross—party efforts to prevent a no—dealjonathan? with cross—party efforts to prevent a no-dealjonathan? well, westminster is gearing up for an incredibly busy week when mps return next tuesday, and those on the opposition benches, labour, the snp, the liberal democrats, and some conservatives as well, who are keen at any cost, to stop a no—deal brexit, are figuring out exactly how they are going to try and do that, in the now very limited time

available to them after boris johnson's decision to suspend parliament from the week beginning 9th septemberfor parliament from the week beginning 9th september for five—weeks or so. they don't have much time left and the exact plan of how they are going to try and force the government into avoiding or stopping a no—deal brexit come the end of october, if a new agreement can't be reached isn't clear, but a key figure has been talking this morning, oliver letwin, now backbench conservative mp, who was a crucialfigure in now backbench conservative mp, who was a crucial figure in the now backbench conservative mp, who was a crucialfigure in the previous attempt, which saw theresa may have to go to brussels and ask for an extension when she couldn't get her deal through, he is heavily involved in the planning this time round and has explained the plan is broadly speaking again to force the prime minister to ask for an extentsome town the brexit process, if he can't get a new deal. i hope that parliament will take a series of actions in a proper orderly way, that by the end of the week mean that borisjohnson knows,

that as prime minister, he has the backing of many, many of us to get a deal, but that if he doesn't get a deal he will have to seek an extension. there's an irony here, i should just mention, which is if he does get a deal, as a matter—of—fact he will need an extension any way, because it's impossible to take from the late october stage a deal which is sort of written down but not solemnised and implemented in just a very few days. sion he said it would be foolhardy to predict, have the numbers to succeed in their plan, and it is going to be touch—and—go for them, because although they have the common aim of wanting to prevent no—deal, they wa nt wanting to prevent no—deal, they want different thing, whether it's another referendum or stop brexit, and it has been difficult for them to work together, with a common purpose so far, but that plan will unfold, probably with a request for

an emergency debate to the speaker when mps return from their summer break on tuesday. thank you thank you very much. let's get the view from the eu now. our europe correspondent damian grammaticas is in helskini where eu foreign ministers are meeting. the other side of the coin what do the eu think about the extra meetings happening from next month? are we to read anything into that or is it that both sides are getting ever more aware of the ticking clock? well, they are very aware of the ticking clock what are we to read into it. i would overread, i wouldn't read in this idea there is this progress happening, that there isa this progress happening, that there is a sort of dynamic out there, that is a sort of dynamic out there, that is not the case, what is the case, is not the case, what is the case, is that what we have heard this morning from eu ministers here, is that gathering for this meeting in helsinki, is they are open to listening to anything. now, we heard first of all from the british foreign secretary, dominic raab, he came and we asked him as he arrived about this government decision to

suspend parliament and the question i put to him was is this simply about trying to avoid parliamentary scrutiny? well actually, we've had one of the longest parliamentary sittings in, i think it's almost 400 years. we've been talking about nothing but brexit, we're going to get a chance to scrutinise all aspects of brexit between now and the end of october. only about two or three days at the end of october. one second — no, not quite right. there's going to be time before the october council and after it, and i think it's only something... before the october council will be the queen's speech. can i answer your question. i think it's only something like four days less than we would otherwise have had. only about two or three days at the end of october. one second — no, not quite right. there's going to be time before the october council and after it, and i think it's only something... before the october council will be the queen's speech. but you say four days left, foreign secretary. there's been no agreement yet about a recess even, so four days less is not correct to say that. that would be the number of days broadly that will be lost. so i think the idea that this is some kind of constitutional outrage is nonsense

it's actually lawful. it's perfectly proper, there's precedent for it, but actually, fundamentally for the people watching this, they want to see we're leaving the eu, but also talking about all the other things they expect us to be addressing, that is what this government will be doing. what eu ministers said, eu foreign ministers they are focussed on attempt to avoid no—deal. that is the question they had for mr rab, what they made clear is that while they are happy and waiting to negotiate as much as possible in the coming week, up to five days a week was possible they said, the crucial thing is that oh no credible alternatives have been tables by the british government in any negotiations in brussels, this is what the irish foreign minister had to say to me. at the moment nothing credible has come from the british government in the context of an alterntive to to the context of an alterntive to to the backstop, and you know, if that changes, great, we'll look at it in dublin, but more importantly, it can

be the basis of a discussion in brussels, but it has to be credible. i can't simply be this notion that look, we must have the backstop removed and we will solve this problem in the future negotiation, without any credible way of doing that. that's not going to fly and i think it's important we are honest about that. damian, i don't think any of the eu fishes are saying that they are feeling particularly pressured but one senior german politician arguing overnight that the eu shouldn't let itself feel pressured by borisjohnson‘s decision to suspend parliament. is that a press conference last night view? -- prevalent view. what what they have been saying is that the decision to suspend parliament is a british issue, that parliamentary processes a re british issue, that parliamentary processes are a uk government issue and what the eu side care about, is getting a deal, but that means a negotiation process and what they made very clear, i have to say, is

the irish foreign secretary, and the other foreign ministers that the fundamental aspects that the eu is sticking to, do not change, so there has to be a solution to that irish border issue, and also, broadly, that the withdrawal agreement as it stands will not change, the eu side are absolutely clear about that, and the timetable also means that has to be the case, there isn't the time to make major revision, there can only be small things but they cannot, the eu insist still breach its fundamental red lines in the negotiations, so that means the space for a deal is very small, and still, it is the onus is on the uk government to table something, which it hasn't done yet. 0k. thank you very much. in the next hour, a scottishjudge will give his ruling on a legal attempt to block the suspension of the parliament. lord doherty heard arguments

yesterday, from representatives of a cross—party group seeking an interim interdict that would halt the move by the government. the same argument is also being submitted to northern ireland's most senior judge in belfast this morning. the risk of breast cancer from menopausal hormone therapy is more than double what women are curretly being told. mht replaces oestragen and progesterone — two hormones that decrease in women during the menopause — to alleviate some of the symptoms. now, researchers at the university of oxford say the risks last up to ten years after therapy ends, and means one in every 50 women on the combined hormone treatment will develop breast cancer. there are other types of hormone replacement therapy and each of those showed an increased risk too. our health and science correspondent, james gallagher reports. louise rivers started having symptoms of the menopause three years ago.

she said she lost her brain and was struggling to work. herjoints ached, she was not sleeping well and she began to get migraines. louise said starting hormone therapy last year was a difficult decision, but the right one. i definitely feel as if my concentration levels are back where they were a few years ago. i feel a lot more confident working. i still have a few bad days here and then, still get some migraines, but overall i feel much better taking it than i did when i was not taking it. it has long been known that menopausal hormone therapy increases the risk of cancer. the latest study shows that the increased risk lasts over a decade after stopping the drug and the dangers are twice as high as previously thought. it means for every 50 50—year—olds taking daily oestrogen and progesterone therapy for five years, one would develop cancer before they turn 70. we don't want to give them false reassurance about the risks with it.

what we hope is that women would use this information to make a much more informed decision about whether or not they want to start taking or perhaps continue taking hrt. louise says she found the latest findings concerning, but that she would not panic. taking hormones improved her quality of life and she plans to chat to her consultant at their next appointment. let's speak now to dr louise newsom. she's a gp and a specialist in the menopause. very good to have you with us this morning. based on this study will you still be prescribing hrt for your patients. absolutely, and i ta ke your patients. absolutely, and i take it myself. it is not a new study, it is looking at past evidence. when it says there is a double risk, there is no proof. they are saying it could be. this is an important message. it is not all types of hrt and it is not for all ages, the other thing we need to

think about is going through the menopause increases a woman's risks of o's borrow session, dementia, depression and we need to look at the bigger picture, when i counsel and talk to women and hrt, even though and i will do, it is looking at other risks, a lot of women have an increased risks of breast cancer because their lifestyle changes during the menopause, putting on weight, not exercising and drinking alcohol are also risks and a lot of women change their lifestyle because the menopause affects them so adversely. is there evidence by adopting a healthier lifestyle that can mitigate any potential risks from taking hrt? absolutely, and we also know that reducing the risk of heart disease, by taking hrt, there is good evidence for that, reducing the risk of osteoporosis, even bowl

cancer, it is looking at a women's benefit as well as risks as well. and it has to be very balanced. skydiving has risks but women enjoy it. driving a car has risk, so it is not just concentrating it. driving a car has risk, so it is notjust concentrating on the risks, seven times more women dido from heart disease and that breast cancer. this study hasn't shown an increase risk of deaths from breast cancer. that is important. we have known for a while that some women pick up. so your advice clearly to women is not to panic about this. absolutely. would you tell them go and talk do your gp, give them that advice? i have put information on my website and on my social media which summarises this, the british menopause society on their website have a great statement, summarising it. and it isjust a shame it has been picked up without looking at the bigger picture, women's health is suffering. i see a lot of suicidal women that improve with

hrt. the researchers in this study say the risks last up to ten years after the risks last up to ten years after the therapy ends, is that element of this study new or was that already known? it is very hard, and this doesn't prove either, i think this is the whole thing it is a study, it is the whole thing it is a study, it is not a randomised controlled study, most women take hrt in the long—term, the nice guidance are very clear that for the majority of the women, the benefits outweight the women, the benefits outweight the —— weigh the risks and we can ta ke the —— weigh the risks and we can take it in the long time. that guidance doesn't need to change because of this information out today. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news. the government says it's intensifying talks with the eu to try and find a new brexit agreement. scotland's highest civil

court is due to rule on an emergency injunction to stop the suspension of parliament. the increased risk of breast cancer from menopausal hormone therapy lasts more than a decade after treatment stops, a major report says. wales women enjoy a good win away to the far row island as they begin their qualifying campaign for euro 2021. and johanna konta makes it through to the third round of the us open. she will play later with her fellow brit dan evans taking on roger federer. more to come on those stories later concerns about health care and dwindling pensions is leading some british ex—pats living in spain, to consider whether to stay in the country after brexit. a group representing brits abroad

has told bbc breakfast ex—pats feel "alone and forgotten by the uk government. breakfast‘s tim muffett on the costa del sol for us this morning. good morning. it is a beautiful day here today, and this is one of the reasons why spain is such an attract tiff place for british people to choose as their home. more than 300,000 uk nationals are registered here, 70,000 british pensioner, but when it comes to a no—deal brexit, many are worried, as to the impact that could have on their access to the spanish health care system. we have been speaking we have been speaking to some of them. under the spanish sun, dave is sweating on events in brussels and westminster. good to meet you. hi, good to meet you too. how do you feel you been treated by the british government? drea dfully. i think if i'd treated a dog the same way, i'd have been in court. what they've told us has been half truths,

lies, misdirections. it seems to change week by week. dave moved to almeria in andalusia in 200a. he has parkinson's disease and has had two heart attacks. like other british pensioners, he has been able to access health care in another eu country but the chance of a no—deal brexit has changed things. dave moved to almeria in andalusia in 200a. he has parkinson's disease and has had two heart attacks. i'm wondering, you know, is it worth going on? if i lose my health care, wouldn't it be easier to just die? even if there is a no—deal brexit, both the british and spanish governments have said they want to carry on offering a reciprocal health care agreement

to pensioners from both countries but nothing yet has been formalised and it is that uncertainty which many are finding so unsettling. my battle with cancer has been hampered by actually having a fight with brexit as well. lisa moved to spain three years ago and is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. expats have been advised to register for spanish residency. lisa says her application has been rejected on a technicality even though she has been here for three years. if i don't have residency, i don't have my health care rights. do you fear if there is a no—deal exit, your treatment could effectively stop? yes, of course it could! i mean, suddenly countries can decide they don't like each other too much. it's unlikely but so was prorogation and this is why the panic and the anxiety is rising. others are confident things will be sorted. neil runs a support group for expats.

there is no question in my mind that britain and spain would want an agreement. before spain evenjoined the eu 30—35 years ago, there were lots of different agreements between britain and spain over health care, pension rights, workers' rights, but no government is going to let people not be covered, it's just not going to happen. people here expect to feel the heat but as brexit gets nearer, the questions keep coming. home. more than 300,000 uk the british government has announce add £3 million funding pledge to help uk nationals to get them to register their residency, let us have a quick chat to anne, you are president of brexpats in spain. what do you make of the situation many are in the situation at the minute is desperate. i know the uk government are trying to help but i

would like to see something in write, it is a little too late, a little bit too little too late basically, they needed this help before brexit to be truthful. many have said they are confident a deal will be done between spain and the uk government so health care will still be accessible for those living here, what do you make of that, is that right, is that too optimistic? that is wonderful. i would like to be as optimistic as the next. i would like to see it in writing. until it is agreed nothing as mrs may used to say nothing is done until brexit is prescod, basically, until brexit is prescod, basically, until it is all sorted. what impact is it having on those who live here? it is having a horrendous impact pact. people, particularly the elderly here receiving health care because the uk has a reciprocal agreement with spain, so they can access state health care, they are making themselves ill with worry, a lot of the members, we have 60, 70%

of our members are pensioner, they are here on their own, they are very concerned. thank you anne, let us chat to sue. you run this bar. . bar. bar in wigan. what do you hear from those who come here and the way they voted, do they regret the way they voted, do they regret the way they voted? i think. they voted, do they regret the way they voted? ithink. so they voted, do they regret the way they voted? i think. so of them regret, perhaps they didn't think there might be a no—deal outcome to it all. i think basically a lot of people voted but not an informed vote. they didn't really, so some people come over and say, look at the mess we are in now, we should have left it alone, etc, you know. what do they say to you about the sort of, the uncertainty, is that the main problem? the uncertainty, and obviously, coming out with no—deal at all, there's people that have businesses, that rely on places

in europe to fund migrant workers or they ex ports, there is a lot of different thing, nobody knows how the future is going to be. do you think many will choose to move home to the uk? i think certainly a lot of pensioners might have to. you know, if you don't get your residential, if you don't prove that you have got means to get private medical assistance etc, then they would have to move back. interesting times to say the least. thank you sue and anne as well. the british embassy in madrid said they have run 200 workshops to allow people to ask questions and help claim residency, that seems to be the main bit of advice. register the fact you are here. tim, thank you. the prominent pro—democracy activist in hong kong, joshua wong, has been arrested ahead of another weekend of planned demonstrations in the city. mr wong's political party, demosisto, said that he was bundled

into a car as he was walking to a local metro station. our correspondent martin yip is in hong kong. i seeing reports jason wong and another pro—democracy acts visit agnes chow are been brought the court. we have yet to hear they have appeared there, but what we have learned from the police this morning, forjoshua himself, he is facing potentially three charge, thatis facing potentially three charge, that is based on what they are arresting him for, inciting others too arresting him for, inciting others to o veryty pate in, knowingly taking part in that, unauthorised assembly, this is forjoshua only, organising an unauthorised assembly. that is referring to a protest back on 21stjune, when thousands of

protestors were ambushing the police headquarters, the very building they we re headquarters, the very building they were detained this morning, for hours, all the way into dark. so, we are yet to know if they would be released on bail at all, if they are actually brought to the magistrates‘ court for mentioning, but it is definitely something that would, a shock to the community who are in support of this campaign so far, given the prominence ofjoshua wong and agnes chow, everyone based on the fact, some people might not argue this isjust the fact, some people might not argue this is just an argument, from the protestors, this is not an organised rally, the past two months it is organised among the protestors themselves, and some don‘t listen to joshua wong and agnes chow but they are still respected as young protestors themselves.”

are still respected as young protestors themselves. i am seeing, i don‘t know whether you have seen any news of this, that another law makerfrom any news of this, that another law maker from the group civic compassion —— civic passion, he has been arrested. what does this mean yet for the protests this weekend. are they still planning to be out on the streets and what response do they expect from the authorities? yes, so first of all about that man, he isa yes, so first of all about that man, he is a legislator as well as a part—time university lecturer, he is a legislator as well as a pa rt—time university lecturer, he he is a legislator as well as a part—time university lecturer, he is from civic passion which is the more radical group of prodemocracy parties in hong kong, while yet he is not seen as anyone in the, in the independence cam, although beijing isa independence cam, although beijing is a different story. the fact so many people have been arrested in the past 2a hours, you might well

start guessing that it is something that the police want, want the public to see they are doing something, to deter people from joining these march, we have someone from joshua wong‘s party demosisto, claiming all these arrests are effo rts claiming all these arrests are efforts by the government to centre or to the spine of the protestor, we don‘t know if people would show up at all. for the main organisers of tomorrow‘s march, they announce they would cancel the march tomorrow as that —— after they failed to appeal for the police‘s letter this morning. so they are cancelling the march tomorrow. but people might show up. thank you very much for that update. a mother who won a major court case on bereavement benefits,

says it‘s "shameful" the government hasn‘t acted on the ruling a year on. siobhan mclaughlin, from county antrim, wasn‘t married to her late partner and so wasn‘t able to claim an allowance for widowed parents. in 2018, siobhan won a challenge against that decision in the supreme court. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. four children lost their father whenjohn adams died in 2014. he lived with their mother siobhan maclachlan for more than two decades. a year ago, she won a challenge against the decision for a widow‘s allowance from the supreme court. but she hasn‘t received any money and says the government must bring in new legislation. how can they not? it really, really is shameful that they haven‘t at the end of the day, these children were talking about. you know? they have lost a parent. she says she took the case not for

herself, before the children of all unmarried parents who found themselves in the same situation. according to bereavement charity is, it is about 2000 charities children a year. some contacted her solicitor. we are saying that you should apply for that benefit. you wonder how many grieving families it is going to take. the department for work and pensions as it‘s actively considering options following the ruling. it says it‘s wide and the support for bereaved families in addition for cohabiting couples through the wider welfare system. this time last year they hoped their battle with the state last year was over but their campaign is still on. chris page, bbc news, belfast. we can now speak to georgia elms from the national uk charity way — widowed and young — which offers a peer—to—peer support network for young widowed men and women aged 50 and under. she joins us via webcam from nottingham.

thank you for coming on to talk to us on bbc news. why hasn‘t the government, first of all, the obvious question, acted on the court decision? we just don't know. 12 months ago i was with siobhan, in the supreme court, when she won the case. this is something that we have been campaigning for four nine yea rs. been campaigning for four nine years. and we thought it was going to be sorted. 12 months on, the government has been found in contempt, and nothing has happened. how many, do you have any idea how many men and women have been bereaved here you are in this position, the same position as we have heard in chris‘s report about your own? we estimate his 2000 people a year who are bereaved, when they are not married. it is quite a high amount. the issue is that a lot of people do not know that this could happen. 2000 people a year,

and then you add onto that the children of those relationships. we are talking about many, many thousands of people being affected by this. yes, at way, we say that basically a child does not grieve any differently just basically a child does not grieve any differentlyjust because their pa rents were any differentlyjust because their parents were not married. somebody doesn‘t grieve differently because they were not married to somebody. this is actually national insurance that their dead partner would have paid. it does not paid through taxpayer‘s money, it is paid for out of national insurance that you pay. this is not being given to them. we just think that it is totally unfair. 12 months on, for them still to be deciding what is happening, it is not right. all of these children that are grieving, parents that are having to bring their children up without any support, just because they weren‘t married and they should not be treated any differently. we

heard siobhan‘s lawyer saying in that report that people who should have benefited from this, if the government acted on the supreme court decision, are now considering having to bring their own case to basically go through the whole process in court again. what is the latest position the government has made on this, or taken on this, as far as you are aware? i was at a meeting where the dwp committee, they actually spoke to the minister involved in this. he has been in post for three months and he is trying to look at it. the fact that it was not done before he was in place, and now he is there, and the only reason they can give us is that there is such a lot of issues here. but it comes down to the fact there

are grieving children and parents trying to support grieving children, and having to take on extra jobs because they cannot afford to, like siobhan, just because a decision hasn‘t been made. why did they do this, and now they are not doing anything about it? thanks for talking to us. georgia, from the charity way. in a moment, the weather forecast. first, charity way. in a moment, the weatherforecast. first, let‘s find out what is coming up on the victoria derbyshire programme. this morning, in an exclusive film, this programme has learned that leaflets telling parents that new relationship education lessons in infa nt relationship education lessons in infant school would encourage their children to masturbate have been handed out in east london. another told parents that if they did not question the education, they would be questioned on the day of judgment. there is a variety of

untruths, it says it will promote transgender is, promote homosexual lifestyles, that it will teach children in infant school about having sex and being encouraged to masturbate. of course, when parents see these untruths being peddled, they are worried. the group which distributed a leaflet says it is encouraging parents to look at the material their school plans to use and make their views known. join us at ten o‘clock on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with nick. weather changes on the way for the weekend as it turns cooler. for much of the weekend, sunshine and showers. a split in the weather today. a lot of cloud running through scotland, northern england, northern ireland, putting some rain in places, particularly western scotla nd in places, particularly western scotland cumbria and northern ireland. some two north wales as well. elsewhere, a lot of dry weather to be had. most of the sunshine across the east midlands,

east anglia and south—east england, albeit quite hazy. if you have the rain, high teens, quite windy with some gusts in excess of a0 miles an hourin some gusts in excess of a0 miles an hour in some spots. rain turns heavy and more persistent through northern ireland, western and northern scotla nd ireland, western and northern scotland tonight. standing water around us we start the day tomorrow. overnight temperatures for the most part, into double figures. that changes by the end of the weekend and into next week. single figure temperature is quite widely overnight. tomorrow, the rain is quickly way from northern ireland, moving across the west of scotland and clearing the west. a narrow band of raina and clearing the west. a narrow band of rain a crossing and in wales. you get to see some sunshine, you may catch a shower to the north—west of the uk. behind the rain it cools down. cooler still on sunday with sunshine and showers. this is bbc news. the government says it‘s intensifying talks

with the eu to try and find a new brexit agreement. an emergency injunction to stop the suspension of parliament — scotland‘s highest civil court will rule this morning the increased risk of breast cancer from menopausal hormone therapy lasts more than a decade after treatment stops, a major report says. obviously we don‘t want to alarm women, but we don‘t want to give them false reassurance about the risks associated with hrt. two prominent pro—democracy campaigners are arrested in hong kong, as police ban a planned weekend protest. and coming up, concerns that the number of children‘s playgrounds is falling. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. women who take hormone replacement therapy — or hrt — during the menopause are at increased risk of breast cancer for longer than previously thought, according to a report in the medicaljournal, the lancet. researchers at the university of oxford found that the risks last for a decade

after treatment stops, rather than four years as previously thought. experts said that two in every 100 menopausal women, using the combined therapy drugs, would develop breast cancer. valerie beral is professor of epidemiology at oxford university and co—author of the report — this morning she spoke to bbc radio a‘sjohn humphries. what this new study has found its bringing together all the worldwide evidence that exists at the moment. it shows that not only is there a risk when it‘s being used, but it persists for more than a decade after stopping. and just to try to put it into context, if women take the hormone for five years, there is a certain risk which i will talk about in a minute. but for the next 15 years, the risk is about the same as during the five years when they are taking it. i‘m just going to give one example. it does vary by the type of hormone

replacement therapy, oestrogen only hasn‘t got as much risk as oestrogen plus progesterone, another hormone. oestrogen plus daily progesterone, one in 50 women who use it, extra, will develop breast cancer over the five years while they are on it, and 15 years when they stop. so, that is not an enormous risk, but it is appreciable? i mean, you can‘t dismiss a risk like that. it‘s awfully difficult, isn‘t it? you were being praised on this programme, your study was being praised on this programme half an hour ago because you gave the details of relative versus absolute risk, which is terribly important and isn‘t normally given in these cases. but how would you quantify it, then? i think appreciable is the right word. i think one in 50 is something that people need to think about. that‘s oestrogen plus daily progesterone. oestrogen only is about one in 200, if they take it. so why would anybody take the other?

well, the oestrogen only is used for women who have had a hysterectomy. the trouble is, oestrogen only causes an increase in cancer of the womb. so there‘s a balance. so to try to avoid cancer of the womb, the progesterone was added to stop cancer of the womb. but you add one drug and you call some of the problem. i‘ll say that the concern at the moment, or the issues, the main reason that we brought this out, the main reason of our work is to make sure that reliable information is made available. luis enrique has paid tribute to his daughter, after she died of bone cancer aged nine. he stepped down as coach of the national team after less tha n coach of the national team after less than a year in charge to be

with his daughter. the news drew tributes from across spain, including from the prime minister and rafael nadal, who tweeted ijust learned the terrible news of her death. i am very sad and cannot imagine the pain of the family. a huge hug to the whole family from a distance. a lot of strength and courage in these hard times. security researchers from google have discovered what they describe as an ‘indiscriminate‘ and ‘sustained‘ attack against users of apple‘s iphone, one which lasted at least two years. once on the device, the malicious software would gather messages, photos and location data from apps including instagram and whatsapp. apple issued a fix for the flaws in february, and iphone users are being advised to make sure their operating system is up—to—date. the liberal democrats have held the shetland islands in a by—election, despite a high—profile snp campaign to win the constituency. beatrice wishart was elected as the new msp for the area, succeeding tavish scott who had held the seat since the scottish parliament was created in 1999. he stood down injune to take

on a new post with scottish rugby. now what you are watching and reading on the bbc news app. following from the story yesterday about the bank of mum and dad, costs soaring at a hotel of mum and dad, thatis soaring at a hotel of mum and dad, that is number one. it is about the costs incurred when adult children return to the family home to live. brexit is at number two. number three, the brain nutrient that vegans need to know about. nutritionists are urging people who eat a vegan or plant —based diets to ensure they are getting enough of what they call a key but little—known brain nutrient, which tra nsfers little—known brain nutrient, which transfers signals between nerve cells. it is usually found in dairy foods and meat, at its most concentrated in dairy foods or meat. that is why vegans need to make sure they are getting enough of that. there is information on what other

foods you can find choline in. the most watched, number three, you may have seen this yesterday, but lots of you are still watching it. it really is quite a sight. a man driving a car with another car on top in aberystwyth. here he comes. he was driving it to a scrap yard. quite extraordinary, actually. he was given three penalty points and find ford off let me get the right charged... he was convicted of using a motor vehicle in a manner likely to cause injury. at numberfour, this is an interesting report, how blind people enjoy the mona lisa. it is about museums and art galleries who are now working to develop three—dimensional representations of famous artworks so that blind people can experience those as well. that

is it for today‘s morning briefing. let‘s ta ke is it for today‘s morning briefing. let‘s take a look at sport. john watson has the latest. good morning... lucy bronze the first english winner of uefa‘s footballer of the year award. she wasn‘t in monaco but was at the heart of england‘s midfield as they took on belgium in a friendly. jo currie reports on the night lucy bronze could have been in monaco, picking up the biggest accolade of her career, she was instead taking on belgium in a friendly. uefa‘s decision to hold their annual awards during the women‘s international window meant none of the female nominees were there on the night. for bronze, business as usual as she and her england team—mates took the lead. georgia with a vision in the pass, jodie with the finish. but it wasn‘t to be the award winning finish that the lionesses had hoped for. the defence switched off to allow belgian back into the game in

comicalfashion. handing belgian back into the game in comical fashion. handing them belgian back into the game in comicalfashion. handing them a 3—2 lead after the break. nikita parris spurred england‘s blushes with a late penalty to rescue a draw. england‘s first match since the world cup ends in an unconvincing draw, but the night belongs to lucy bronze, the first—ever english player to be voted the best in europe. i‘m surprised. i‘ll push myself to be the best every day, i‘m not sure i‘ve got the capabilities to quite get there, but i push myself every day and it‘s nice to get those kind of compliments. it may not have been a memorable night for bronze, but it‘s goals like this scored at this summer‘s world cup... commentator: what a goal! ..that are hard to forget. jo curry, bbc news, leuven. and bronze was typically humble in her reaction — she said...

the men‘s award went to liverpool‘s virgil van dijk. here he is alongside these familiar faces. there‘s van van dijk on the right, beating none other than lionel messi and cristiano ronaldo. having won the champions league with liverpool last season. unlike hosts england, wales‘s women have to qualify for euro 2021 and they made the perfect start, beating the faroe islands 6—0. and how about this for a goal from reading striker tash harding. really clever finish as she grabbed a hat trick and go on to face northern ireland on tuesday. now you think you might get a call when you recieve word you‘ve been selected in the england squad. not aston villa‘s tyrone mings who was told via a text message..

he says he thought it was a wind up and that the message from the england camp was a prank. he‘s pleased it‘s not. also in the squad for the first time is manchester united‘s aaron wan—bissaka, as the manager continues to promote young players. we have had the two year period of progress and constant improvement, i think, but we can‘t stand still and there are young players coming through that we might not see the best of in the next two years, actually, but for the long—term, for england we need to start integrating them because i think this team can constantly improve and evolve. he will certainly hope so. that england squad dominates the back pages this morning. "no one is safe", says the express, with a picture of kyle walker, who‘s been dropped. "walker axed in youth drive" is the times headline, as gareth southgate looks to speed up the development of younger players.

and the guardian focus on england‘s women, saying they were "punished" by belgium. wolves are flying, they‘ve reached group stage of the europa league. and will be in today‘s draw for the group stage after beaing torino 2—1 on the night, they were helped by some poor defending, 5—3 on aggregate they‘re through. wolves into the main phase of a european competition for the first time since 1980. celtic will also be in today‘s draw after a second leg win against aik in sweden. rangers are also through but the irish side linfield are out. johanna konta was in outstanding form at the us open. she dropped only one game in beating the unseeded russian margarita gasparyan — it took less than an hour. the british number one will face zhang shuai today. but the wimbledon champion simona halep was knocked out by the american taylor townsend, who is ranked outside the top 100. but dan evans, the only other

brit in the singles, is though after beating lucas pouille. and will face roger federer. the last time they faced each other, federer said it was like playing in a mirror. a huge compliment to his game. he will hope he can produce an upset later. you can follow it all, there is coverage from the us open on 5 live sports extra this afternoon. dan evans‘ match against roger federer and continuing with johanna konta against zhang shuai. that‘s all the sport for now. more now on the fallout from the government‘s decision to hold a queen‘s speech and in turn suspend parliament for five weeks from the second week in september. protests have been organised in response to the decision with marches planned for saturday in at least ten locations across the country. momentum, one of the groups behind the demonstrations, has called for its members to occupy bridges and blockade roads.

joining me now from westminster is labour activist michael chessum, who‘s involved in organising the protests planned for the weekend. thanks forjoining us. you have talked about civil disobedience, i think. what exactly do you mean by that? well, i think we've got to be clear what is going on here. an unelected prime minister is attempting to rip up what little democracy we have in this country in order to ram through a press agenda which will wreck people‘s lives. i think there is absolutely no way that people are going to stand by and let that happen. civil disobedience is disruption, any protest movement of this kind, i don‘t think we will get through this moment in our history persuading borisjohnson moment in our history persuading boris johnson and asking moment in our history persuading borisjohnson and asking him nicely. ultimately, we are going to have to force the government to change direction. we are going to have to defeat the government through

parliament, but also in the streets. and that means this protest movement needs a point of leverage on the government. any successful protest movement needs that, and that means disruption. it could mean things like blocking roads and bridges, it could mean all kinds of things. as organisers of the central protests on saturday, we are not organising any of that kind of activity. the crowds that i have seen, they are angry, energetic, very peaceful, very good—natu red, but angry, energetic, very peaceful, very good—natured, but they are up for a battle with this government, a political battle with this government. are you asking people to keep those demonstrations peaceful? is that what you are urging people to do? well, yes. but i mean off they have been peaceful. the only way that things will get non—peaceful is if the police do something wrong. i think that is overwhelmingly, in my experience of organising protests, it is basically a question for the police. are the police going to behave themselves.

well, it‘s a question for demonstrators as well, because there are all sorts of demonstrations. you talk about the police behaving themselves, it is a question for the demonstrators as well, if they behave themselves? we are calling for non—violent direct action, that has always been our line. yes, no one is planning violence that i know of. your quoted this morning in a paperas of. your quoted this morning in a paper as saying the protest will be unpredictable, we will organise the rally but what people will deal with anybody‘s guess, there are a lot of passionate and angry people and we can‘t just persuade boris johnson nicely that what he is doing is wrong. do you need to add, well you have already said you want people to be peaceful, but does there need to be peaceful, but does there need to bea be peaceful, but does there need to be a clear message coming from organisers that you want these demonstrations to stay peaceful, because otherwise there is a chance that the demonstrations will back fire. there is no notion for anyone who is going to be organising

anything other than the non—violent direct action civil disobedience in these protests. it is an enormous movement that has grown up overnight. thousands of people showing up at four hours notice all over the country. these demonstrations are big, energetic, diverse and young. we are not here to ask nicely, we are here to take matters into our own hands, because we can‘t simply rely on the judiciary or the parliamentary process anymore. people have to be willing to take this into their own hands. what we are expecting as non—violent civil disobedience across the country. thank you very much for your time morning. whether it‘s the swings or the seesaw — a trip to the playground for many children is a highlight of the summer holidays. however, there are concerns that the number of play areas for children in england is falling. sam fenwick reports.

this used to be a playground where children would wile away the hours climbing on ropes and swinging as high as they could. it was good when it was here. what did you do on it? we used to play hide and seek and hide under it and hide in it. yeah, it was good. but last summer their playground was dismantled because the council couldn‘t afford to maintain it. do you miss it? yeah, ido. yeah, it‘s been there ever since i‘ve moved in and that was a long time ago. here we did have the larger climbing frame for the bigger kids. we have a vast amount of kids, different ages, that play. obviously that is now nothing. we just need to get something back for the kids and for the community and make it for everyone. it‘s so sad to see it like this. it‘s a waste. an absolute waste. the obesity rate in barrow is quite shocking. so having parks taken down is not going to help. it‘sjust going to make things worst. in the past couple of years the council here in barrow have had

to close six playgrounds because they can‘t afford to keep them open and they‘ve reduced the maintenance budget by nearly 30%. and barrow might not be alone. the group representing companies which provide much of this play equipment says that by 2021, councils will be spending £25 million less than they were three years ago. barrow council says finding the money to maintain playgrounds is really difficult. it costs us tens of thousands of pounds a year to maintain them all. it is not easy because it‘s the ongoing running cost really. people don‘t tend to appreciate that. they think it‘s only a swing or something but you have to check it to make sure that it‘s safe. the government says that in the past two years they‘ve spent £15 million bringing parks and green spaces that have fallen into disrepair back into use. now time for the weather forecast. let‘s get the very latest.

we have a north—south split for the weather. for the south, we have a north—south split for the weather. forthe south, breezy we have a north—south split for the weather. for the south, breezy but spells of hazy sunshine. the further north you are, you will see scenes like this. there is low cloud, outbreaks of rain and strong winds. that is really the set of as we head through the next day and into tonight. heavy rain expected. the rain is draped across northern ireland and into scotland, patchy across northern ireland at the moment but it will become more persistent as the day goes on. we‘ve also got some showers into cumbria and north wales. brightening up for the far north of scotland as the day goes on. the best of the fine, dry weather is further south and east you are. hazy spells of sunshine and feeling quite warm with a top temperature today of 25 celsius in east anglia. the rain will be relentless through northern ireland under 20 western scotland in particular. pulses of heavy rain fairly persistent as the night goes on. the rain starts to pivot around

as we head towards dawn, working its way into the far south—west of england and western fringes of the uk. a largely fine, dry night the further east and south you come with a few clear spells and a mild starter saturday morning. here is the weather front. it is on the move as we go through saturday. working its way south and east woods. before its way south and east woods. before it does so, the rain amounts will add up through northern ireland and western areas of scotland in particular, which is why the met office have issued a yellow warning. there could be some disruption. the rangers clear northern ireland quite swiftly on saturday morning. as it journeys its way south and east words, the band of rain narrows, fragments and it will linger down towards the far south and east, round about the evening time. that is where we will hang on to a bit of warmth through the day. but notice that fresh feel as we head through saturday afternoon. brightening up behind that band of rain, but some heavy, potentially thundery showers on offer. here is the cold front, gradually working its way down towards the south and east overnight

and into sunday. that will open up the floodgates to much cooler air. a north—westerly feed for sunday. there will be dry, bright sunny intervals, but also some heavy thundery downpours.

hello it‘s friday, it‘s 10 o‘clock, i‘m chloe tilley. in our exclusive film today, we hear how leaflets claiming that new relationship education lessons would encourage primary school children to masturbate have been handed out in east london. there‘s like a variety of untruths in this. it says things like it‘s going to promote transgenderism, that it‘s going to promote homosexual lifestyle, that it‘s going to teach children in infant school about having sex and being encouraged to masturbate. you know, of course, if parents see these kind of untruths being pedalled, they will worried. a major new report has found that the risks of taking hormone therapy to treat symptoms of the menopause are bigger —